Author and culinary historian Poppy Tooker combines family photographs,
stories, and recipes from Pascal's Manale into a collection that is much
more than a cookbook.
Tooker's exploration into the storied Uptown restaurant, one of the
jewels in New Orleans' culinary crown, reveals the history of the family
behind it and their influence on the city's culinary culture. In
contrast to the chef driven French dishes of the Creoles, Sicilian
cuisine came straight from mama's kitchen just as the signature dishes
on the tables of this beloved eatery. A bastion of Italian cuisine in
New Orleans, recipes for Pascal's Manale's best-known dishes, including
their famous barbequed shrimp, stuffed artichokes, and meatballs have
fed their fans for over a century!